Question

(2014 .撫州中考) 

   Why is it important for Lee to study English? After Chinese,the language that is most spoken in the world is 1 . Experts say that 300 million people speak English as a 2 language and another 500 million people speak it as a foreign language. English 3 by almost a billion people in the world and 83% of the world's 4 are written in English. But people think that there will be 5 emails in Chinese than in English.

   Lee is studying English because he wants to be a 6 , and he knows that English is the international language of science. Most scientists write in English. Lee's father is a scientist and is going to an important scientific meeting in Hong Kong 7 . All the discussions will be 8 English.

   Lee's cousin Wei Ling wants to work for an airline when she 9 school. She needs English for this because English is the 10 language used on airlines and all pilots speak English. Wei Ling is going on an English course this summer to 11 her English.

   David Zhang lived in the USA. That's 12 he has an English name. His family 13 to live in China last year,and David is at Lee's school. David speaks English 14 ,but his Chinese isn’t very good. In the summer holidays,David and Lee are planning to spend time together so that they can help each 15 . Their plan is this： On Monday they speak English,on Tuesday they speak Chinese,and so on. Their teacher says it is a very good plan.

1. A. German   B. French   C. Russian   D. English

2. A. first   B. second   C. third   D. fourth

3. A. uses   B. lifted   C. is used   D. was used

4. A. letters   B. emails   C. articles   D. postcards

5. A. more   B. fewer C better   D. worse

6. A. pilot   B. doctor   C. scientist   D. secretary

7. A. last year   B. last week   C. last month   D. next month

8. A. with   B. in   C. by   D. of

9. A. left   B. leaves   C. is leaving. D. has left

10. A. national   B. natural   C. local   D. international

11. A. improve   B. translate   C. read   D. write

12. A. where   B. when   C. why   D. what

13. A. came back   B. wrote back   C. gave back   D. took back

14. A. badly   B. slowly   C. perfectly   D. carefully

15. A. another   B. other   C. others   D. the other

Answer 1

1 〜5. DACBA 6〜10. CDBBD 11 〜15. ACACB

1 〜5. DACBA 6〜10. CDBBD 11 〜15. ACACB